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sunny,Oct 20 2008, 04:36 PM Wrote:Ok so I went to the dealership and they wouldn't budge from their asking price .. Their admin fees is an extra $700, so that brought the asking price of the car to $9700 .. The car is in great shape and has all the options on it but I don't think it was worth $9700 .. I said that's too much and walked out .. my girlfriend really really liked it though and it was hard to see her sad ..

I tried finding other cars in the Ottawa area with mp3, leather/heated seats but couldn't find any at that price .. maybe I should just pay the asking price ?

here's the car i am talking about : http://apps.dealerconnection.com/dealers/c...lerPACode=B1711
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$700 admin is outrageous ... if your plan is to pay cash for the car, then paying what their asking I guess is an option - assuming you've checked out all the other Ford dealers and compared what they have - but if you're financing any significant part of this vehicle, you probably shouldn't overpay for the car because you may be perpetually "upside down" - that is the car may never be worth what you owe on it ... until of course the loan is paid off.

On the face of it, there is nothing outstanding about an '05 with 76k on it ... a quick autotrader search came up with 35 '05 Focus in the Ottawa/Gatineau region for under $9,000 ... a number of them had fewer than 70k but they were also manual transmission (I assume the Campbell Ford one is automatic, but it doesn't say on the listing) ... there were a lot of '05 Foci with really low km --- ie: under 40k, but they all had "Call for $" on the listings. Not encouraging, but probably worth a few phone calls.

The only way to know if that piece is worth 9700 is to know what else is available in the market - research is your friend.

Good luck and cheers.